Thank you for your thoughtful messages after my last post. I so appreciate them!
It feels as though the days are slowly, slightly, getting longer and lighter. It's still dark when we get home from work but it helps to know that technically spring is a bit closer.
I don't have much to show this week, partly due to the aforementioned darkness. But here are two textile pieces that I am enjoying this week. The first is a grey wool top I bought a while ago to wear to the office, but it felt a bit boring, even by my standards…!
I added a bit of wool embroidery – kind of like a permanent brooch I suppose – which brings a bit of spring to a grey thing.
The other is an amazing silk scarf that Helen sent to me a number of years ago. It's quite big and features an intricate print of Australian native plants (possibly pincushion hakea and waxflowers? Just a guess..)
I've always wanted to get this framed for the wall, so I might see if I arrange that this week.
And speaking of flowers, this is a beautiful little illustration/animation that I found via a friend on Facebook. Directed by Azuma Makoto, it's designed for children to demonstrate the life cycle of flowers, and this introduction seemed apt:
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Many different flowers are growing beautifully and strongly in this world. Taking their roots in the earth, sprouting, blooming, pollinated by birds and insects, living on in spite of rain, wind and storms. They pass on the baton of life, rebirth and decay. Everything in a continuous, endless cycle.
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